The Lighter Side (March 2001)

1. I had an e-mail yesterday from someone interested in a beginner TCC class. They misspelled beginner as “biginner” — it made me smile, because the Big Inner is what we are going for. . . .

– Donnis Minx

2. During the first TCC class, one student introduced herself as Murray.

Surprised, I said, “Oh! I was looking for a guy.”

She laughed and said, “So was the draft board.”

– Sharon Sirkis

3. Two days after her teacher’s accreditation, Debbie [Cole] tells me she’s now hearing ‘Ed tapes’ in her head.

“Have they erased the ‘Sharon tapes’?” I ask.

“No,” she says, “I’m now hearing in stereo.”

– Sharon Sirkis

4. One evening in class we were practicing the Six Healing Sounds. I had my back to the class. We stepped out with “Ho,” then with both hands, “Hu.” We then stepped to the side and just as we were ready for the third sound, the man behind me sneezed, “Achoo!”

“Ho, Hu, Achoo!” It broke up the class!

– Donnis Minx

5. One morning during TCC practice, I asked my students if they had any questions. One student looked at me, hesitated for a moment, and then said, “I think I’m doing variations on the variations.”

– Sharon Sirkis

6. During class I said:

“Movement is from your whips.”

– Mary Ann Johnson

7. While learning Pulling Taffy in one of my classes at the Shepherd’s Center, one of the ladies in the class exclaimed, “I’m sure glad I’m not a centipede!”

– Donnis Minx

8. What did the buddhist monk say to the hot dog vendor?

Make me one with everything.

– Sharon Sirkis